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This round is closed. Synced from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal on 9 November 2026.
The contractor is expected to: (i) upskill and reskill DMOs, SMEs and other tourism stakeholders in their management and use of data; (ii) connect DMOs, SMEs and other tourism stakeholders for strengthening existing networks and contact points ensure synergies
this preparatory action aims to support destination management organisations (DMOs), SMEs and other tourism stakeholders to fully participate in the preparation of the tourism data space and the Tourism Knowledge hub by easing their access through the creation of multiple tools. This project also contributes to the Pact for Skills for the Tourism Ecosystem.
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in section 5 of the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible Countries
described in section 6 of the call document.
3. Other Eligible Conditions
described in section 6 of the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in section 7 of the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
described in section 9 of the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in section 4 of the call document.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in section 10 of the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Call document
Application form templates
The application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
General MGA
Additional documents:
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual 
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions 
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
Applicants asked the EU 7 questions about this call and the EU published the answers. They clarify the call documents but do not replace them.
EISMEA does not provide any pre-assessment of the eligibility criteria during the submission period. The eligibility of each proposal will be assessed by the Evaluation Committee appointed for this call after the submission deadline. We invite applicants to read carefully the section 6. Eligibility – eligible participant (eligible countries) of the Call textPDF.
Read it on the EU portal ↗Answered 26 Feb 2026
Please consult the Call textPDF section 6 Eligibility _ Eligible participants (eligible countries) and Consortium Composition,
The call does not provide any definition of DMO. The latter can therefore be a public or private entity or a no-profit organisation, provided that it operates, among others, to promote destinations, attract visitors and develop regional economy. Applicants are invited to indicate explicitly which consortium partner is the DMO.
For more information please consult the following section “Chapter 4 Grant implementation - Section 1 Consortium: beneficiaries, affiliated entities and other participants” in the Annotated Grant AgreementPDF:
Read it on the EU portal ↗Answered 26 Feb 2026
Please consult the Call textPDF section 6 Eligibility eligible participants (eligible countries) and Consortium Composition.
For more information on eligible consortium composition, please consult the “Chapter 4 Grant implementation Section 1 Consortium: beneficiaries, affiliated entities and other participants” in the Annotated Grant AgreementPDF.
Read it on the EU portal ↗Answered 26 Feb 2026
EISMEA does not provide any pre-assessment of the eligibility criteria or eligible costs during the submission period. The eligibility of each proposal will be assessed by the Evaluation Committee appointed for this call after the submission deadline. We invite applicants to read carefully the section 6. Eligibility – eligible participant (eligible countries) and section 10. Legal and financial set-up of the Grant Agreements of the Call textPDF.
It is up to the applicant to ensure the compliance with the call and grant agreement.
For more information on the different roles and responsibilities, please consult the Introduction - section "3. How to set up your project — Consortium composition, roles and responsibilities" and the Article 6 “Eligible and ineligible costs and contributions” - section “A.2 Natural persons with direct contract and seconded persons” in the Annotated Grant AgreementPDF.
Read it on the EU portal ↗Answered 26 Feb 2026
Please consult the Call textPDF section 6 Eligibility _ Eligible participants (eligible countries) and Consortium Composition,
The call does not provide any definition of DMO. The latter can therefore be a public or private entity or a no-profit organisation, provided that it operates, among others, to promote destinations, attract visitors and develop regional economy. Applicants are invited to indicate explicitly which consortium partner is the DMO.
For more information please consult the following section “Chapter 4 Grant implementation - Section 1 Consortium: beneficiaries, affiliated entities and other participants” in the Annotated Grant AgreementPDF:
Read it on the EU portal ↗Answered 27 Feb 2026
As stipulated in the Call textPDF in section “7. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion” applicants will have to show their capacity via the following information in the following order, which does however not correspond to a priority order for evaluation purposes:
-list of previous projects (key projects for the last 4 years) (template available in Part B)
-CVs (qualifications and experiences) of the staff responsible for managing and implementing the project
-description of the consortium participants
The specific required profiles of the staff responsible for managing and implementing the project are also listed under the operational capacity of section 7.
More information about the weighting of criteria can be found in the section 8. Evaluation and award procedure.
Read it on the EU portal ↗Answered 26 Feb 2026
As stipulated in the Call textPDF under section “9. Award criteria”, the consortium composition will be evaluated under the criterion ‘Quality’, i.e. ‘quality of the consortium and project teams, its appropriate procedures and problem-solving mechanisms for cooperating within the project teams and consortium, and finally its methodology for implementing the project’.
Information about the weighting of criteria can be found in the section “8. Evaluation and award procedure”.
Read it on the EU portal ↗Answered 26 Feb 2026
Confirm the current call documents and submission conditions with the funding authority.
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